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Big Data Helps Shape A New Model for Live Kidney Donation

Big Data Helps Shape A New Model for Live Kidney Donation

A tool developed by Morgan Grams, MD, PhD, screens potential kidney donor candidates by estimating their own chance of developing kidney disease, and it has been widely adopted by renal specialists around the globe.

In Active Surveillance, Some Small Kidney Tumors Just Go Away

In Active Surveillance, Some Small Kidney Tumors Just Go Away

Discovery Winter 2019

HOXB13 and AR-V7: Genetic Partners in Crime

HOXB13 and AR-V7: Genetic Partners in Crime

Discovery Winter 2019

The DISSRM: Nearly a Decade of Patient-Specific Treatment

The DISSRM: Nearly a Decade of Patient-Specific Treatment

Discovery Winter 2019

A Powerful Immunotherapy Mix for Bladder Cancer

A Powerful Immunotherapy Mix for Bladder Cancer

Discovery Winter 2019

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy And Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy And Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer

Discovery Winter 2019

“Liquid Biopsy” and Personalized Treatment for Bladder Cancer

“Liquid Biopsy” and Personalized Treatment for Bladder Cancer

Discovery Winter 2019

In Bladder Cancer, the Subtype Matters

In Bladder Cancer, the Subtype Matters

Discovery Winter 2019

Remembering Donald S. Coffey

Remembering Donald S. Coffey

Discovery Winter 2019

Identifying Genes through Discovery

Identifying Genes through Discovery

Discovery Winter 2019

If You Have Lymph Node Metastases After Radical Prostatectomy, What Should You Do?

If You Have Lymph Node Metastases After Radical Prostatectomy, What Should You Do?

Discovery Winter 2019

“We’ve Got a Team.”

“We’ve Got a Team.”

Discovery Winter 2019

Not So Many Biopsies in Active Surveillance?

Not So Many Biopsies in Active Surveillance?

Discovery Winter 2019

Could Inherited Gene Mutations Affect Men in Active Surveillance?

Could Inherited Gene Mutations Affect Men in Active Surveillance?

Discovery Winter 2019

“Liquid Biopsy” for Advanced Prostate Cancer Spots Tiny Danger Signs Sooner

“Liquid Biopsy” for Advanced Prostate Cancer Spots Tiny Danger Signs Sooner

Discovery Winter 2019

A Key Target in Aggressive Prostate Cancer May Lead to New Drug Development

A Key Target in Aggressive Prostate Cancer May Lead to New Drug Development

Discovery Winter 2019

Combination Immunotherapy Combats AR-V7+ Prostate Cancer

Combination Immunotherapy Combats AR-V7+ Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2019

What’s the Best Way to Treat Localized, Gleason 9-10 Prostate Cancer?

What’s the Best Way to Treat Localized, Gleason 9-10 Prostate Cancer?

Discovery Winter 2019

New Device Extracts CTCs From Blood

New Device Extracts CTCs From Blood

Discovery Winter 2019

End-of-Radiation PSA and Intermediate- Risk Cancer

End-of-Radiation PSA and Intermediate- Risk Cancer

Discovery Winter 2019

Prostate Cancer Therapy and the Gut Microbiome

Prostate Cancer Therapy and the Gut Microbiome

Discovery Winter 2019

Could Some Intermediate- Risk Men Do Active Surveillance?

Could Some Intermediate- Risk Men Do Active Surveillance?

Discovery Winter 2019

PSMA-PET Data System

PSMA-PET Data System

Discovery Winter 2019

Thinking About Cancer in New Ways

Thinking About Cancer in New Ways

Discovery Winter 2019

Breaking Prostate Cancer’s Control Over the Immune System

Breaking Prostate Cancer’s Control Over the Immune System

Discovery Winter 2019

Pain Control after Radical Prostatectomy

Pain Control after Radical Prostatectomy

Discovery Winter 2019

Mini-Bladders for Study, Made From a Patient’s Own Cells

Mini-Bladders for Study, Made From a Patient’s Own Cells

Discovery Winter 2019

Liver Fibrosis and PSA

Liver Fibrosis and PSA

Discovery Winter 2019

Custom-Tailored Prostate Biopsy

Custom-Tailored Prostate Biopsy

Discovery Winter 2019

A Genetic Target to Help the Immune System Fight Cancer

A Genetic Target to Help the Immune System Fight Cancer

Discovery Winter 2019

Dangerous Genes

Dangerous Genes

Discovery Winter 2019

Single Blood Test Screens for Eight Cancer Types

Single Blood Test Screens for Eight Cancer Types

News Release January 18, 2018

High Blood Sugar and Prostate Cancer

High Blood Sugar and Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

When Can PSA Testing Be Stopped After Prostatectomy?

When Can PSA Testing Be Stopped After Prostatectomy?

Discovery Winter 2018

Pushing Back the Frontier of Curability

Pushing Back the Frontier of Curability

Discovery Winter 2018

The Protein that Makes Metastasis Possible

The Protein that Makes Metastasis Possible

Discovery Winter 2018

A Molecular Marker for Aggressive Penile Cancer

A Molecular Marker for Aggressive Penile Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

Brady Urologists Shape National Guidelines for Kidney Cancer

Brady Urologists Shape National Guidelines for Kidney Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

A “Liquid Biopsy”for Advanced Prostate Cancer

A “Liquid Biopsy”for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

Helping the Immune System Fight Prostate Cancer

Helping the Immune System Fight Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

Immunotherapy in Bladder Cancer: Encouraging Results Prompt FDA Approval

Immunotherapy in Bladder Cancer: Encouraging Results Prompt FDA Approval

Discovery Winter 2018

“You’re Not Going to Die From This.”

“You’re Not Going to Die From This.”

Discovery Winter 2018

Hopkins-Led Study Proves Active Surveillance is Safe for Small Kidney Tumors

Hopkins-Led Study Proves Active Surveillance is Safe for Small Kidney Tumors

Discovery Winter 2018

The Great Promise of PSMA-Targeting Agents

The Great Promise of PSMA-Targeting Agents

Discovery Winter 2018

Putting Positive Surgical Margins into Perspective

Putting Positive Surgical Margins into Perspective

Discovery Winter 2018

Preserving the Treasure Trove of Prostate Tissue

Preserving the Treasure Trove of Prostate Tissue

Discovery Winter 2018

Immunotherapy Offers Hope for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer

Immunotherapy Offers Hope for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

A New Target in Preventing Metastasis

A New Target in Preventing Metastasis

Discovery Winter 2018

Good News for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Good News for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

Many Small Kidney Tumors Don’t Need to be Treated

Many Small Kidney Tumors Don’t Need to be Treated

Discovery Winter 2018

Bladder Cancer: Precision Diagnosis is Critical

Bladder Cancer: Precision Diagnosis is Critical

Discovery Winter 2018

Read About the Research You Have Helped Make Possible

Read About the Research You Have Helped Make Possible

Discovery Winter 2018

A “Liquid Biopsy”for Advanced Prostate Cancer

A “Liquid Biopsy”for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

Finding and Treating Stray Cancer Cells Sooner than Ever

Finding and Treating Stray Cancer Cells Sooner than Ever

Discovery Winter 2018

Helping the Immune System Fight Prostate Cancer

Helping the Immune System Fight Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

Good News for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Good News for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Discovery Winter 2018

Better Treatment for Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Better Treatment for Aggressive Prostate Cancer

OnTarget 2017/2018

Breaking DNA and Killing Cancer

Breaking DNA and Killing Cancer

Discovery January 01, 2017

A “Sweeter” PSA Test

A “Sweeter” PSA Test

Discovery January 01, 2017

Momentum and Hope through Discovery

Momentum and Hope through Discovery

Discovery January 01, 2017

Precision Brachytherapy, Using Real-Time X-Rays

Precision Brachytherapy, Using Real-Time X-Rays

Discovery January 01, 2017

Mast Cells Linked to Risk of Cancer Recurrence

Mast Cells Linked to Risk of Cancer Recurrence

Discovery January 01, 2017

Nobody Connected These Genes With Lethal Prostate Cancer, Until Now

Nobody Connected These Genes With Lethal Prostate Cancer, Until Now

Discovery January 01, 2017

Is Cancer Aggressive? Soon, You May Take a Urine Test to Find Out

Is Cancer Aggressive? Soon, You May Take a Urine Test to Find Out

Discovery January 01, 2017

Immunotherapy for Kidney Cancer: Who are the “Exceptional Responders?”

Immunotherapy for Kidney Cancer: Who are the “Exceptional Responders?”

Discovery January 01, 2017

Is the Androgen Receptor also responsible for bladder cancer development and progression?

Is the Androgen Receptor also responsible for bladder cancer development and progression?

Discovery January 01, 2017

Healthy Men Over 75: Don't Stop PSA Screening

Healthy Men Over 75: Don't Stop PSA Screening

Discovery January 01, 2017

End-of-Radiation PSA Helps Predict the Success of Treatment

End-of-Radiation PSA Helps Predict the Success of Treatment

Discovery January 01, 2017

Reassurance for Men on Active Surveillance

Reassurance for Men on Active Surveillance

Discovery January 01, 2017

Studying the Seeds of Metastasis

Studying the Seeds of Metastasis

Discovery January 01, 2017

Who Should Have Chemotherapy Before Surgery?

Who Should Have Chemotherapy Before Surgery?

Discovery January 01, 2017

Zarif Wins PCF Young Investigator Award

Zarif Wins PCF Young Investigator Award

Discovery January 01, 2017

Prostate Cancer Test Results May Differ in African American Men

Prostate Cancer Test Results May Differ in African American Men

Discovery January 01, 2017

Testicular Cancer: High Cure Rates, Complex Treatment

Testicular Cancer: High Cure Rates, Complex Treatment

Discovery January 01, 2017

PHI Blood Test Spares Men from Unneeded Biopsy

PHI Blood Test Spares Men from Unneeded Biopsy

Discovery January 01, 2017

At Last, a Mouse Model for the Worst Prostate Cancer in Men

At Last, a Mouse Model for the Worst Prostate Cancer in Men

Discovery January 01, 2017

Men Who Quit Smoking Are Less Likely to Die of Prostate Cancer

Men Who Quit Smoking Are Less Likely to Die of Prostate Cancer

Discovery January 01, 2017

Some High-Grade PIN Is Actually Cancer

Some High-Grade PIN Is Actually Cancer

Discovery January 01, 2017

Biomarkers to Predict Aggressive Cancer

Biomarkers to Predict Aggressive Cancer

Discovery January 01, 2017

Same PSA, But Not the Same Cancer

Same PSA, But Not the Same Cancer

Discovery January 01, 2017

Active Surveillance for Small Kidney Tumors

Active Surveillance for Small Kidney Tumors

Discovery January 01, 2017

Hope for the Future: An Engineered Bladder

Hope for the Future: An Engineered Bladder

Discovery January 01, 2017

Where’s the Cancer? Now We Can See It

Where’s the Cancer? Now We Can See It

Discovery January 01, 2017

Next-Generation Therapy for Early Bladder Cancer: Nanoparticles

Next-Generation Therapy for Early Bladder Cancer: Nanoparticles

Discovery January 01, 2017

McConkey New Director of Greenberg Institute

McConkey New Director of Greenberg Institute

Discovery January 01, 2017

Targeted Biopsy: A Smarter Way to Take Prostate Tissue Samples

Targeted Biopsy: A Smarter Way to Take Prostate Tissue Samples

Discovery January 01, 2017

Web Application Predicts Status of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

Web Application Predicts Status of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

Insight September 28, 2016

Capturing Cancer Cells in the Bone, Years Before They Cause Trouble

Capturing Cancer Cells in the Bone, Years Before They Cause Trouble

Discovery January 25, 2016

At Last, a Desperately Needed Mouse Model of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

At Last, a Desperately Needed Mouse Model of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Discovery January 25, 2016

Taking "AIM"at Invasive Cancer

Taking "AIM"at Invasive Cancer

Discovery January 25, 2016

Could Nerve-Sparing Brachytherapy Help Preserve Sexual Function?

Could Nerve-Sparing Brachytherapy Help Preserve Sexual Function?

Discovery January 25, 2016

New Tests Show Genetic Changes Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

New Tests Show Genetic Changes Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Discovery January 25, 2016

Two Non-Cancerous Causes for Higher PSA

Two Non-Cancerous Causes for Higher PSA

Discovery January 25, 2016

Potential New Pathway to Kill Prostate Cancer

Potential New Pathway to Kill Prostate Cancer

Discovery January 25, 2016

For Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer: New Hopkins Test Can Tell if Some Drugs Won't Work

For Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer: New Hopkins Test Can Tell if Some Drugs Won't Work

Discovery January 25, 2016

Boosting Testosterone Not Shown to Raise Prostate Cancer Risk

Boosting Testosterone Not Shown to Raise Prostate Cancer Risk

Discovery January 25, 2016

Early-Stage Testiscular Cancer: A Laparoscopic Improvement in Treatment

Early-Stage Testiscular Cancer: A Laparoscopic Improvement in Treatment

Discovery January 25, 2016

Better Diagnosis of Kidney Tumors

Better Diagnosis of Kidney Tumors

Discovery January 25, 2016

Is a Kidney Tumor Benign? This Not-So-New Test Can Tell

Is a Kidney Tumor Benign? This Not-So-New Test Can Tell

Discovery January 25, 2016

For Small Kidney Tumors: Active Surveillance is a Safe Option

For Small Kidney Tumors: Active Surveillance is a Safe Option

Discovery January 25, 2016

Who Could Benefit From Platinum-Based Chemotherapy?

Who Could Benefit From Platinum-Based Chemotherapy?

Discovery January 25, 2016

Bladder Cancer Surgery: Who is Likely to Have Complications?

Bladder Cancer Surgery: Who is Likely to Have Complications?

Discovery January 25, 2016

Read About the Research You Have Helped Make Possible

Read About the Research You Have Helped Make Possible

Discovery January 25, 2016

For Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer: High-Dose Testosterone

For Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer: High-Dose Testosterone

Discovery January 22, 2016

High-Grade PIN: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?

High-Grade PIN: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?

Discovery January 22, 2016

MicroRNAs: Genes that May Make Radiation and Chemotherapy More Effective

MicroRNAs: Genes that May Make Radiation and Chemotherapy More Effective

Discovery January 22, 2016

New Tests Show Genetic Changes Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

New Tests Show Genetic Changes Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Discovery January 22, 2016

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